Archibald Thorburn has been described as 'the greatest ornithological artist ever, with a wonderful gift for placing his bird subjects in harmonious surroundings'.

At the age of 20, Thorburn's work was accepted for the Royal Academy Exhibition in London, and in 1887 his reputation was secured by a commission to illustrate Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles, for which he painted 268 watercolours.

 

Archibald Thorburn Pictures on this web site
By Archibald Thorburn Original Illustration British Birds Longmans, Green & Co London 1916 Picture size: 21 " x 15.5 " (53.5cm x 39cm) Medium: Watercolour Highlighted with White Signed & Dated 1913 £(POA)	Jay Under the Holly By: Archibald Thorburn Publisher: Embleton 1921 Print Size: 35cms x 26cms Pencil Signed and Framed Price: £ 375
The Twelth By: Archibald Thorburn Publisher: Lawrence & Bullen 1900 Print Size: 31.5cms x 45.5cms Medium: Hand Coloured (watercolour) Price: £395	The Glory of Autumn By: Archibald Thorburn Publisher: Lawrence & Bullen 1903 Print Size: 34cms x 56cms Medium: Hand coloured (watercolour) Price: £ 350
Autumn - Pheasants By: Archibald Thorburn Published by Embleton 1925 Medium: Coloured Print Size: 19" x 14" (48cms x 36cms) Pencil Signed Price: £650	Sunshine & Drift on the High Tops By: Archibald Thorburn Publisher: Embleton Print Size: 31.5cms x 45.5cms Medium: Pencil signed Price: £ 550
Hungry Woodcock By: Archibald Thorburn Published by Baird & Carter in 1904 Medium: Sepiatone Size:18.1cm x 28.7 Price: £250	Pheasants By: Archibald Thorburn Published by Lawrence & Bullen in 1899 Medium: Sepiatone Print size: 16" x 9.5" (41cms x 24cms) Pencil Signed Price: £375
The First Thaw By: Archibald Thorburn Published by Baird & Carter in 1906 Photogravure Size: 8.5" x 13" (21cms x 33cms) Pencil Signed Price: £375	Woodcock with Chick By Archibald Thorburn Sepia/Black and White Published in 1901 by A Baird - Carter , Original Victorian Frame. Print size: 11.5" x 7.25" 29cm x 18cm Pencil signed Price: £350